Substrate-Directed Self-Assembly of Rigid Metallodendrimers
Jordan Poler*, Geremy Granger, David Nicewicz
Department of Chemistry,
University of North Carolina at Charlotte,
Charlotte, NC 28223-0001 USA
This is an abstract
for a presentation given at the
Eighth
Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology.
There will be a link from here to the full article when it is
available on the web.
The subject of our research is the study of rigid dendrimer molecules, assembled on surfaces. Dendrimers are a class of molecule synthesized from repeating units such that the molecular topology is self-similar. A new class of geometrically rigid metallodendrimers has been synthesized recently by MacDonnell et al., and is enantiopure. These multinuclear molecules with Ru2+ centers are planar with D3 symmetry. We shall present AFM images of the self-assembled dendrimers on functionalized and patterned surfaces. Because these dendrimers are charged we can direct their self-assembly with electrostatic interactions at the surface. Theoretical, molecular mechanics and experimental support for this process will be described.
*Corresponding Address:
Jordan Poler
Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28223-0001 USA
Email: [email protected]
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